The redacted vaccine contracts lawsuit was originally filed in the midst of Congress by lawmakers seeking more information about the contracts the committee had entered into with COVID-19 vaccine suppliers including AstraZeneca, Pfizer/BioNTech, Moderna and others. filed in the General Court by the group. Pandemic.
They asked to see the documentation to understand the terminology in more detail.
The European Commission provided access to and redacted some of the documents as necessary to protect the companies’ commercial interests and decision-making processes.
However, the General Court held that the Commission had not been able to demonstrate how publishing further details would harm the pharmaceutical companies’ commercial interests.
The commission also found negligence in refusing to provide personal information of officials who negotiated vaccine purchases, citing privacy concerns.
The newspaper said lawmakers demonstrated a “public interest” in identifying the team to ensure there was no conflict of interest.
However, the court agreed that certain provisions of the contract were subject to the protection of commercial interests, and therefore only partially upheld the lawsuit’s claims.
“In these cases, the Commission has to strike a difficult balance between the right of citizens, including members of parliament, to information, and the legal requirements arising from the COVID-19 contracts themselves, resulting in damages There could be a charge for “taxpayer money,” he said in July.
